Purring Quotes

A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet. (Helen Rowland)
There is about him something that seems to soothe and hypnotize. To the best of my knowledge, he has never encountered a charging rhinoceros, but should this contingency occur, I have no doubt that the animal, meeting his eye, would check itself in mid-stride, roll over and lie purring with its legs in the air. View quote
P. G. Wodehouse
I have nine lives," said the kitten, purring softly as it walked around in a circle and then came back to the roof; "but I can't lose even one of them by falling in this country, because I really couldn't manage to fall if I wanted to. View quote
L. Frank Baum
JACE WAYLAND," she said. "Explain yourself." Jace was glaring at the cat. "I told you to bring me to Alec! Backstabing Judas." Church rolled onto his back, purring contentedly. View quote
Cassandra Clare
What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
He bit the inside of his cheek, Death purring wildy. The pleasure of her touch, even one so innocent, rocked him to the core. View quote
Gena Showalter
And the kittykats would have to erect scaffolding and a pulley to get him down. Mind you, I wouldn't put that past them. Sometimes when they are behind the sofa supposedly purring, I think they are drilling. View quote
Louise Rennison
Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. View quote
Monica Edwards
Unlike a human smile, purring cannot be, as far as anyone knows, faked. View quote
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat. View quote
Linus Torvalds